College Corner, Ohio

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College Corner (top) and West College Corner, Indiana from the air looking east. The state line runs almost horizontally across the top of the picture, along State Line Road.
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College Corner (top) and West College Corner, Indiana from the air looking east. The state line runs almost horizontally across the top of the picture, along State Line Road.

College Corner is a village of southwest Ohio in Butler County's Oxford Township and Preble counties in Ohio about five miles northwest of Oxford. It was settled in 1811 and takes its name from its position in the northwestern corner of the "College Township", the survey township designated the previous year by the Ohio General Assembly as the site of the state college that became Miami University. This survey township was later organized as a civil township, Oxford Township. The population was 424 at the 2000 census.

The village lies on the state line with Indiana and there is a West College Corner, Indiana. The public school is bisected by the state line and is operated jointly with the Indiana authorities.

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[edit] Geography

Location of College Corner, Ohio

College Corner is located at 39°34′4″N, 84°48′45″W (39.567851, -84.812537)GR1.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 0.7 km² (0.3 mi²). None of the area is covered with water.

[edit] Demographics

As of the censusGR2 of 2000, there were 424 people, 203 households, and 106 families residing in the village. The population density was 606.3/km² (1,592.5/mi²). There were 225 housing units at an average density of 321.8/km² (845.1/mi²). The racial makeup of the village was 98.82% White, 0.24% African American, and 0.94% from two or more races.

There were 203 households out of which 27.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 42.4% were married couples living together, 6.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 47.3% were non-families. 40.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.09 and the average family size was 2.82.

In the village the population was spread out with 23.8% under the age of 18, 11.6% from 18 to 24, 32.1% from 25 to 44, 22.6% from 45 to 64, and 9.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females there were 104.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 99.4 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $33,611, and the median income for a family was $40,833. Males had a median income of $31,406 versus $21,964 for females. The per capita income for the village was $14,568. About 6.3% of families and 8.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 12.5% of those under age 18 and none of those age 65 or over.

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